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2008 年考研英语阅读理解冲刺重点预测 25 篇印建坤 目录 第 25 篇 1 第 24 篇 5 第 23 篇 8 第 22 篇 11 第 21 篇 14 第 20 篇 18 第 19 篇 21 第 18 篇 24 第 17 篇 27 第 16 篇 30 第 15 篇 33 第 14 篇 36 第 13 篇 39 第 12 篇 43 第 11 篇 46 第 10 篇 49 第 9 篇 52 第 8 篇 55 第 7 篇 59 第 6 篇 62 第 5 篇 65 第 4 篇 68 第 3 篇 71 第 2 篇 74 第 1 篇 78 第 25 篇 The American military tribunals set up to pass judgment on terrorism suspects at Guantánamo Bay lurched into life this week when David Hicks, the “Australian Taliban”, unexpectedly pleaded guilty. The Pentagon will be relieved that the tribunals have started to show results after five years of controversy over the status of “enemy combatants”, claims of torture, the admissibility of forced confessions and a Supreme Court ruling last year that halted an earlier version of the tribunals. Yet the Hicks case is hardly an impressive start for Americas offshore justice. Critics say the 31-year-old Mr Hicks, a former kangaroo skinner and alleged al-Qaeda fighter, faces a “kangaroo court”. Two of his civilian lawyers were barred from the hearing on March 26th. His military lawyer, Major Michael Mori, has been threatened with prosecution for harshly criticising the tribunals. The prosecutor, Colonel Morris Davis, said the defence lawyer may have breached military law that bans officers from using “contemptuous words” against the president or senior  officials. Major Mori filed a counter-charge against the prosecution, saying it was trying to intimidate him. In the end the motion will not be heard because Mr Hicks, looking pale and bedraggled, admitted the charge of “providing material support for terrorism”. A charge of “attempted murder in violation of the laws of war” was dropped. As The Economist went to press, the tribunal was due to hear details of his plea and pass sentence, which Mr Hicks is expected to serve out in Australia. His father, Terry Hicks, said his son had had “five years of absolute hell” since being captured in Afghanistan and allegedly suffering beat